GREAT NEWS…HOT OFF THE PRESS! The World University Rankings are out…and Oxford University was just named the world’s top university for a record, eighth year in a row. You can read a bit about this amazing accomplishment via the university’s alumni portal. Or you can see for yourself here…and also check out how the […]

Cong. Josh Gottheimer ’96 (D-NJ), a trustee of the Pembroke College Foundation, is a leader of a bipartisan group of centrist representatives in Congress and is expected to play a key role in getting any legislation passed in today’s sharply divided congress.  Josh is the subject of a flattering profile in Politico Magazine. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/01/13/josh-gottheimer-congress-power-player-00074987

Mid-term election day, November 8, was Victory Day for Pembrokians Josh Gottheimer ‘96 and Tim Griffin ‘90. Josh, a Democrat representing New Jersey’s Fifth Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, convincingly defeated his Republican opponent with 54% of the vote in a “purple” constituency in a suburban and exurban district stretching north and […]

Congratulations to the Blues for ending a 4-year drought and beating Cambridge’s men’s crew in The Boat Race this morning! For photos of the race….click here For a recap of the historic win…click here Oxford’s women’s eight gave it a valiant effort, but came up just short this year. …And now the training for 2023’s race […]

A very public Pembroke alumni reunion was held on national television on March 18 when U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg ’05 was interviewed by Walter Isaacson ’74 on the PBS program, Amanpour & Co. Pete discussed with Walter his vision of the infrastructure opportunities the funds allocated to transportation by President Biden’s American Rescue Plan as the nation’s fourth […]

To complement his insightful biographies of Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Ben Franklin, Walter Isaacson ’74 has authored The Code Breaker— an in-depth account of the life and career of scientist Jennifer Doudna, co-creator of CRISPR and the 2020 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.   Walter’s biography is already receiving wonderful, advance reviews and […]

We are proud to announce that Walter Isaacson ’74 has graciously agreed to serve as the next Chairman of the Pembroke College Foundation of North America.   Walter will be only the second Chairman in the Foundation’s 37-year history, following in the footsteps of Senator Richard Lugar ’54.  Senator Lugar had originally accepted the mantle of […]

Approved by the Senate today (86-13), Pembroke’s own Pete Buttigieg ’05 made history as the first openly LGBTQ Cabinet member in US history. At age 39, Buttigieg is also the first millennial and second youngest Cabinet member in history –following a trail blazed by 35 year-old Robert F. Kennedy who was confirmed as US Attorney General in 1961. […]

Less than one hour ago, President-elect Joe Biden made a historic announcement, declaring that Pembroke’s own Pete Buttigieg ’05 would be joining his administration as Secretary of Transportation.  Congratulations Pete! Biden praised Buttigieg as someone who has the “vision of a next generation leader, with the experience and the temperament to lead change today.” President-elect […]

Stephen Tuck, Pembroke fellow and Professor of Modern History at Oxford recently spoke via ZOOM to some 50 Hunter College students in Professor David Julian Hodges’ Anthropology of the Civil Rights Movement” class.  Terry Slesinski-Wykowski ’82, the first Hunter College graduate to attend Pembroke, arranged the lecture. Prof. Tuck discussed his book, The Night Malcolm […]